Ex Oblivione, H.P. Lovecraft
Ex Oblivione, H.P. Lovecraft
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Ex Oblivione

Author: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Chris Sorensen

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 11/01/2013

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

This is the recollection of a man facing the end of his life and the sweet refuge that sleep offers. The man desired to find the way into his dream land permanently -- the latch that would allow him through the gate. He finds a yellowed papyrus that tells of conflicting experiences on the other side of the gate, some of wonderful things and other horrifying and terrible. Although not sure which to believe, his desire to cross through intensified. He then finds that the answer to his dilemma may lie with a certain drug.
H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was an American author best known for his work in horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Although he did not warrant much attention while he was alive, he is now considered one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century. He is famed for creating the shared fictional universe of the Cthulhu Mythos and the fictional magical textbook "Necronomican."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on June 16, 2019

A first person narrator intends to stay forever in his dreams to enter the golden valley of happiness. He takes drugs for this reason. One day the latch is open and he can pass. Escapism, suicide solution, world weariness... Lovecraft comes up with a fine poem turned story here. Recommended!......more

Goodreads review by Brian on February 20, 2016

Lovecraft strikes again with his silky-smooth dream-like prose. He writes about ideas that, at the time, were totally foreign and thought provoking, but now are widely accepted and old news. Evidence of his genius? I think. In Ex Oblivione, the way the prose feels otherworldly and somehow connected t......more

Goodreads review by Markus on December 10, 2020

I'm really enjoying this Lovecraft phase. Ex Oblivione is another story that's considerably more pure fantasy-esque than I'm used to with the weird horror master and creator of the Cthulhu mythos. This story, like Azathoth, The Quest of Iranon and many more short-form texts, provide Lovecraft's fict......more

Goodreads review by Leah on July 31, 2017

"I knew not which to believe, yet longed more and more to cross for ever into the unknown land; for doubt and secrecy are the lure of lures, and no new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace."......more

Goodreads review by Chrissana on February 27, 2022

"Cuando me llegaron los últimos días, y las feas trivialidades de la vida me hundieron en la locura como esas gotas de agua que el torturador deja caer sin cesar sobre un punto del cuerpo de su víctima, dormir se convirtió para mí en un refugio luminoso. En mis sueños encontré un poco de la belleza......more